- the act of degrading.
- the state of being degraded.
- the wearing down of the land by the erosive action of water, wind, or ice.
- the breakdown of an organic compound.
- the act of degrading or the state of being degraded
- a state of degeneration, squalor, or poverty
- some act, constraint, etc, that is degrading
- the wearing down of the surface of rocks, cliffs, etc, by erosion, weathering, or some other process
- a breakdown of a molecule into atoms or smaller molecules
- an irreversible process in which the energy available to do work is decreased
- the permanent unfrocking of a priest
